Fr a n c i s c l y m e r



FRANCIS'CLYli/lllR,i

oF GALION, oHIo.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-LINE FASTENER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: o! the same.

Tol all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANCIS OLYMER, of Galion, county of Grawford,-and State of Ohio, have invented certain new auduseful 'Improvements in Clothes-Line Fasteners; and I do hereby-declare that the' following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being vhad to the 'accompanying drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a side view of a post or pole with my device attached.

'Figure 2 is a front view of the saine.

Figure 3 isa side view of the cam detached, showing the ratchet-teeth and lla-nge.

Figure 4 is an inner face view of fig. 3.

VFigure 5 is a view of the pin detached. v 'Eigure 6 is a face and side view of the pivot-screw, with its wrench or' crank-arm.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a post, or pole, such, for instance, as is generallyused for clothes-lines, or for attaching the tie-line of horses to, that the device by which the line is retainedcan be rendered adjustable thereon, thus permitting the same pole to be advantageously used for supporting lines or cords of different heights.

The devices by which the cord are retained are of the most simple character, and consist of a cam, provided with ratchet-teeth, and a an'ge, so arranged, in

'combination with a grooved bearing-pin, that the teeth engage with the rope, thus securely preventing the' same from giving, in a forward direction,.while, by the flange entering the' groove in the pin, all danger of the saine slipping .in a. lateral direction issecurely and en# tirely guarded against. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill Ynowproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A isian ordinary wooden post, or pole, andmay be either square, round, or octagonal in form.

This pole A is provided with a series of holes, a and a. While the distance between each set of holes c and a must invariably be the same, the distance between the differentV sets may vary, and thus enable me to. increase the degree of adjustability at pleasure.

B is a cam-plate, and is constructed in the for'm shown in the drawings, its lower surface, b, being a section of a circle, or nearly so. e

'This plate may be made of any suitable metal, and is cast with an inner plate, provided with "teeth b b',

, its lower surface, b, acting as a. dange.

This plate B ispivoted, by means of a bolt, O, provided with a wrench, or crank-arm, in one of the holes a. l

, D is an ordinary bearing-pin, and may be made of either Wood or` metal, and is provided with a slot, d, and tenoned, as" shown at d', fig. 5, so as to fit in one of the holes af. 4

There may be several slots in the pin, whereby the device can readily be made to .accommodate itself to ropes of different thicknesses.

From this description, the operation will readilyfbe understood.

The cam having been swung lto one side, thev rope is placed on the pin G. When the desired tension. has been given, the cam is allowed or caused to fall on the rope. The tread of the inner plate b' will be immediately on the rope, its teeth engaging therewith, while the flange, entering the groove or slot d, rendersit-A- impossible for the rope to slide oli' the pin D. Thus it will be seen .that when the strain is greatest, the rope is most tightly held.

A peculiar advantage of my invention consists in its entire adjustability. Suppose the device to be in the position shown at x, figs. l and 2, and it should become desirable to elevate the same. Simply `by turning the wrench and crank-arm b, the screw will be released, when, by inserting it in the hole c above, you will have 'the cam attached in the position shown in red.. Then,

by withdrawing the pin 0, and inserting it in the hole et" above, the height of the fastener is entirely changed. i Y

Thus, it will be observed, by simply constructing the pole or` post A with several sets of these holes a and a', how completelyand entirely the fastener can be rendered adjustable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and Ad esire .to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is y The cam B, toothed .plate b', and -iange b, when cast in one piece, and made readily adj ,llslasble'by'means of the wrench-screw O and' grooved pivot D, linserted in the hole of the post.

In testimony whereof, I have signed ymy name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

F. GLYMEB. Witnesses:

H. O. HoLLINesHEnD, Enwm- JAMES. 

